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JOSEPH FRANK BIBER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 29, 1946 – September 19, 1968
Service recordJoseph Frank Biber, of Lompoc, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 33
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Lompoc, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 33
- ELWYN REX CAPLINGColonel · January 19, 1968
- ALBERT A BANUELOS JRSergeant · September 19, 1968
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · September 19, 1968
- FRANK OWEN BONNARENSMajor · September 19, 1968
From Lompoc
- BILLIE LESTER BEARDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1962
- ROBERT WENDELL GILLIAMSpecialist Five · October 7, 1966
- FRED WALTER PACKSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THORNE M CLARK IIIPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WALTER JOHN PANAMAROFFFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWICKFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- MITCHELL ALLEN WENTZPetty Officer Second Class · June 7, 1968
- JIM ROY GONZALESSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH VAUGHANSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · May 14, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.